ENVIRONMENTAL Flashcards
(31 cards)
Environmental aspects
- Good ventilation
- Warmth environment
- Diet
- Proper disposal
- Control of noise
- Sanitation/cleanliness
- Water treatments
Florence Nightingale
beautiful Victorian Lady, whose
parents were wealthy and wellt ravelled
At a young age, nightingale believed
she was
called into service by God.
Nightingale’s Development of excellent training system was in
St. Thomas Hospital and King’s
College Hospital in London.
Nightingale firmly considered that
“better practice could result only from
better education”
Nightingales education
Scientific principles and practical
experience in mastery of skills.
is very essential
for everybody’s well-being.
Nursing
It is an act of utilizing the environment to
assist him for fast recovery.
Nursing
She viewed the essence of a person as a
Patient
Is “being well and using every power that
the person has to the fullest extent.”
Health
defined disease as
“a reparative
process that nature institute from a want
of attention.”
Believed that “prevention of disease
through the_____will
greatly uplift the maintenance of
health.”
environmental control
elements external to and
which affect the health of the sick and
healthy”, and includes “everything from
the patient’s food and flowers to the
patient’s verbal and non-verbal
interactions with the patient”.
Environment
Nightingales principles
Light,
Noise,
Bed and Bedding,
Creating Hopes and Advices
Taking food,
Petty managements,
observation of the sick,
variety,
personal cleanliness,
health of houses
Keep the bed ___, wrinkle free
and ____ to ensure
comfort.
Dry, Lowest height
ensures continuity of care
Petty management
document plan of care & evaluate outcome
Petty management
Taking food
checking diet of patient
note amount of food ingested
Respect patient & avoid personal talk
Creating hopes and advices
frequent assessment of patient’s skin
Personal cleanliness
Keep patient dry and clean
Personal cleanliness
Done with flowers, cards and books
Variety
encourage friends or relative to engage in activities
Variety
Checking of fresh air, water, drainage
Health of houses
